Patents by Inventor Christopher Booth-Morrison

Christopher Booth-Morrison has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Auxetic Structures With Angled Slots In Engineered Patterns For Customized NPR Behavior And Improved Cooling Performance
    Publication number: 20180274783
    Abstract: Auxetic structures, effusion-cooling auxetic sheets, systems and devices with auxetic structures, and methods of using and methods of making auxetic structures are disclosed. An auxetic structure is disclosed which includes an elastically rigid body with opposing top and bottom surfaces. First and second pluralities of elongated apertures extend through the elastically rigid body from the top surface to the bottom surface. The first plurality of elongated apertures extends transversely with respect to the second plurality of elongated apertures. The first and/or second pluralities of elongated apertures are obliquely angled with the top surface of the elastically rigid body. The elongated apertures are cooperatively configured to provide a desired cooling performance while exhibiting stress reduction through negative Poisson's Ratio (NPR) behavior under macroscopic planar loading conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Katia Bertoldi, Christopher Booth-Morrison, Mehran Farhangi, Matthew Christopher Innes, Farhad Javid, Megan Schaenzer, Ali Shanian
  • Auxetic Structures With Distorted Projection Slots In Engineered Patterns To Provide NPR Behavior And Improved Stress Performance
    Publication number: 20170370581
    Abstract: Auxetic structures, effusion-cooling auxetic sheets, systems and devices with auxetic structures, and methods of using and methods of making auxetic structures are disclosed. An auxetic structure is disclosed which includes an elastically rigid body with opposing top and bottom surfaces. First and second pluralities of elongated apertures extend through the elastically rigid body from the top surface to the bottom surface. The first plurality of elongated apertures extends transversely with respect to the second plurality of elongated apertures. The first and/or second pluralities of elongated apertures have distorted shapes projected through the elastically rigid body at an oblique angle. The elongated apertures are cooperatively configured to provide a desired stress performance while exhibiting negative Poisson's Ratio (NPR) behavior under macroscopic planar loading conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2016
    Publication date: December 28, 2017
    Inventors: Katia Bertoldi, Christopher Booth-Morrison, Mehran Farhangi, Farhad Javid, Minh Quan Pham, Michael J. Taylor
  • Aluminum alloy with additions of scandium, zirconium and erbium
    Patent number: 9797030
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy including additions of scandium, zirconium, erbium and, optionally, silicon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2017
    Assignees: The Boeing Company, Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Northwestern University
    Inventors: Christopher S. Huskamp, Christopher Booth-Morrison, David C. Dunand, David N. Seidman, James M. Boileau, Bita Ghaffari
  • Aluminum alloy with additions of scandium, zirconium and erbium
    Patent number: 9551050
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy including additions of scandium, zirconium, erbium and, optionally, silicon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignees: The Boeing Company, Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Northwestern University
    Inventors: Christopher S. Huskamp, Christopher Booth-Morrison, David C. Dunand, David N. Seidman, James M. Boileau, Bita Ghaffari
  • Aluminum Alloy with Additions of Scandium, Zirconium and Erbium
    Publication number: 20170016101
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy including additions of scandium, zirconium, erbium and, optionally, silicon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2016
    Publication date: January 19, 2017
    Inventors: Christopher S. Huskamp, Christopher Booth-Morrison, David C. Dunand, David N. Seidman, James M. Boileau, Bita Ghaffari
  • Aluminum Alloy with Additions of Scandium, Zirconium and Erbium
    Publication number: 20130220497
    Abstract: An aluminum alloy including additions of scandium, zirconium, erbium and, optionally, silicon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 29, 2012
    Publication date: August 29, 2013
    Inventors: Christopher S. Huskamp, Christopher Booth-Morrison, David C. Dunand, David N. Seidman, James M. Boileau, Bita Ghaffari